As the GAVI Alliance Board chair, Dagfinn Høybråten guides the public private partnership in its fight to ensure equitable access to vaccines for all the world’s children.

Introducing Dagfinn Høybråten

Dagfinn Høybråten is the Chair of the GAVI Alliance Board. He is Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers and previously served as Vice President of the Norwegian Parliament and Minister of Health. A member of the Gavi Board since 2006, his active involvement means he is very familiar with Gavi's mission and the important role the Vaccine Alliance plays in saving lives and improving health for millions of people in low-income countries.

Pledging Conference 2015

Berlin, 27 January 2015 – Hundreds of millions of children living in the world’s poorest countries will receive life-saving vaccines as a result of record-breaking financial commitments made today at the Gavi Pledging Conference.

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To celebrate the launch of the GAVI supported pentavalent vaccine and measles second dose in Myanmar GAVI Alliance Chairman Dagfinn Høybråten and Deputy CEO Helen Evans hosted a five-day visit to the country by six politicians from Australia and New Zealand, as well as officials from WHO, UNICEF. After decades of social and political isolation half a million children in the country will now receive protection from a range of deadly diseases including measles, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B and Hib.